Go Vols! Geaux Tigers!
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Mannings aiding New Orleans
*By From wire reports* *September 3, 2005* Peyton and Eli Manning, who grew up in New Orleans, will fly to Baton Rouge, La., today on a plane carrying relief supplies for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The brothers will leave from Indianapolis on a plane sponsored by the PeyBack Foundation. The flight will be carrying 31,000 pounds of nonperishable items including diapers, baby formula, pillows, water and Gatorade that will be delivered to the American Red Cross.
Peyton, the NFL's two-time MVP and former University of Tennessee star, is the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. His brother Eli, the first pick in the 2004 NFL draft, is the quarterback for the New York Giants.
Manning starred at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, and his parents, Archie and Olivia, reside there. Wayne was a standout athlete at John Ehret High School in New Orleans.
"It's hard to hear a whole lot because the communication down there is tough," Peyton Manning told The Indianapolis Star. "It's pretty devastating, the pictures you see and some stories that you hear.
"It's hard to watch, both from the New Orleans standpoint and the friends and relatives we have in Mississippi as well. Our prayers and thoughts are out for them."
Did I just hear right?
Caught the tag-end of a FOX interview with some kind of Doctor, and I thought I heard him say that one of the big health issues with the refugees/DP's is that many of them don't have HEALTH INSURANCE.
Please tell me that isn't what he said -- or else somebody really has his priorities outta whack.
Morning, Folks. I was always wondering if them Mannings I heard about in the NFL were Archie's kids, but I was always to lazy to look it up.